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Study and exam techniques – a collection

This is a collection of mostly New Zealand websites that provide support, tips, and techniques for studying. Some advice relates to study at any time of the year, some specifically to study for exams, and some to exam techniques. Although some sites are for tertiary students, the study principles are the same whatever level of education students are working in. We have selected the links most relevant to secondary students.

StudyIt

The Studyit website provides NCEA information, practical advice for undertaking various standards, study and examination advice, and online communication with tutors and other students in NCEA maths, science, English, and other subjects.

This research article is from the Association for Psychological Science, written by John Dunlosky, Katherine A. Rawson, Elizabeth J. Marsh, Mitchell J. Nathan, and Daniel T. Willingham. In the monograph, they discuss ten learning techniques in detail and offer recommendations about their relative utility. They selected techniques that were expected to be relatively easy to use and hence could be adopted by many students.

This page on the Learning Scientists' website allows readers access to resources about each of the six strategies: Spaced practice, Retrieval practice, Elaboration, Interleaving, Concrete Examples and Dual Coding. Materials include posters, power points, bookmark guides, videos and blog posts. The website is useful for students and teacher

Open Polytechnic, Kuratini Tuwhera

The Open Polytechnic, Kuratini Tuwhera, has a collection of very useful tips for students on how to study, on memorisation, and on sitting exams. Below is a selection of pages which secondary students should find useful.